Kurt Cobain Journals

Personal journal

By: Kurt Cobain

Date: 2002

Source: Cobain, Kurt. Kurt Cobain Journals. New York: Riverhead, 2002, 44, 167–170.

About the Author: Kurt Cobain (1967–1994) grew up in the logging town of Aberdeen, Washington. Scarred by his parents' divorce, Cobain dropped out of high school and began singing and playing guitar with several local punk bands. He formed Nirvana with bassist Krist Novoselic around 1986; the band was completed with the addition of drummer Dave Grohl in 1990. After the release of Bleach on the Seattle-based Sub Pop label in 1989, Nirvana signed with Geffen Records in 1990 and released its major-label debut, Nevermind, in 1991. The band released just one more original studio album, In Utero (1993) before Cobain's death from suicide, which was discovered on the morning of April 8, 1994. Cobain was survived by his wife,...

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